NAFDAC raises alarm over circulation of fake Herceptin 600mg in Nigeria

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has alerted healthcare professionals and the wide nationalist to the circulation of a confirmed counterfeit batch of Herceptin 600 mg successful Nigeria.

The bureau disclosed successful a connection that the alert followed authoritative connection from Roche Nigeria, which confirmed the beingness of a fake batch of the crab cause with batch fig A8519B34 successful Lagos State.

“The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is notifying healthcare professionals and the nationalist of a confirmed counterfeit batch of Herceptin 600 mg circulating successful Nigeria. This alert follows authoritative communications from Roche Nigeria confirming a counterfeit lawsuit of Herceptin 600 mg with batch fig A8519B34 reported successful Lagos State, Nigeria,” the connection said.

Herceptin, besides known arsenic trastuzumab, is simply a medicine medicine utilized successful the attraction of definite types of bosom and tummy cancer. It works by slowing oregon stopping the maturation of crab cells and is usually fixed done injection oregon infusion, often alongside chemotherapy.

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